Nest of chairs



June 11, 1929. R. T. TYNER 1,716,746

NEST OF' CHAIRS Filed May 21, 1924 5mm/tofu l position.

Vwithout attracting attention. of the chair has two'anges ZX-47X which Patented June 11, 1929.

RALPH T.' '.rznrin, or sounn Bsnci-nconnneriour.

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Application led May 2ig The present invention relates to a set of chairs constructed to nest one within' another so' that they maybe nested tooccu py the room of only one chair.

It has been proposed to construct chairs in nesting sets, but the scheme has never become popular. rOne' of the drawbacks oi thisplan which has developed in attempts to introduce it is that it has been diliicult to move such a` set of nested chairs from one .,place to another without Atheir coming apart. It' the person sitting on the. uppermost one. of a vset of nested chairs should wish to move 'his chair slightly, the separateness ofthe individual ,chairsl has inevitably been advertised.

It is the principal object of the present 1nvention to overcome the beforementioned diiiiculties and objections. .n

A second object of the present invention is to design a set of chairs which shall look as much as possible like one when in nested A further object of the present invention relates to the particular arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing, Fig. `l-is a perspective view of one of a nest of chairs accordin to the present invention. n n

Fig. 2 isa side elevation of a nest of chairs according kto the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the chairs illustrated in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail elevation on the line 4-4 of Fig. 5. Y

Fig. 5 is a vertical section through a portion of a nest of chairs according to the present invention, illustrating the 'fastening means according to the present invention.

Referring to the drawing, the chair 7 is vone of a nesting set and preferably is formed, according to the present invention, of sheet metal or like material wherebythe front legs of the cha-1r may be `conveniently formed as villustrated at 7a to have a rig-ht angled section permitting the legs oi `other members of the set of chairs to lie'one within another when the chairs of the set are nested The back 71 project rearwardly therefrom. Extensions Xed to flanges Y7L-'7X continue below the seat 6c to form the rear legs 711--71- Chair 7 has also a downwardly extending iiange resa-.f serialno. 714,7eo..

which runs horizontally around three sides of the seat 7 and one .side of ywhich is illustrated at 7. The other chairs of a given set according to. the invention are made similarly to chair 7. I iind itconvenient'to-include four chairs G, 7, 8 and 9 in each set, but 1 do not limit myself to any given number. Thee-hairs oflegs G11 of chair G so that taken altogethera person is not apt to notice that thereis more V than one chairfunless theyfhave been separated intentionally.

According to the present invention, lchairs of a givennest are prevented Jfrom separating accidentally by latch means illust-rated in" detail in Figs.v 3 and 4. Each of chairs 6, 7 and 8 has fastened to the lower edge of its back an angle plate 61, 71 or 81, respectively. Each of the angle plates 61, 71 and and 81 extends downwardly below the seat of the chair to which it is attached and is apertured as rillustrated at 7g. Moreover, each of chairs 7, 8 and 9 has a recess 711, 81l or 91l formed in its back and kopening rearwardly. Within each recess 711, 811 and 911 is a pintle 71, 81 or 91 respectively mounted between plates FL-"11, 811-812 and l91191t respectively. Pivoted on pintles 71, 81 and 91 ing pintles 71, 81 and 91. Also, each lever 71, 81 and' 91 has thereon at its lower end a forwardly projecting pin such as is illustrated at y'7111 and Smin Fig. 4. Moreover, a spring such as 70, is `provided on each of the pintles 71, 81 and ,91, one end of which hooks under a plate 711. 811 or 91i respectively and the other end of which bears against the rear face of the lower end of the corresponding lever 71, 81 and91 and tends to force the same forward. The plates 61, 71 and 81 are so arranged with respect to the levers 71, 81 1 and 91 that pins on the levers are forced into the apertures in the plates 61, 71 and 811 respectively, so tliateach chair is held-iirmly to the chairahead of it when the chairs are understood that the invention is not limited to chairscnia-de oi metal sheet and that many features of the `invention are wholly independent of whether or not the chairs are made orI sheet material.

Having thus described my invention, I claim rl. The combination of a plurality of chairs proportioned to nest, each of said chairs having apertured plates depending from the lower edge of their backs, recesses in the backs of the chairs adjacent said plates, locking levers mounted in said recesses, and springs for normally holding` the lower end of the said levers in yieldable contact with the back of the chairs, and a pin on 'the end of said levers arranged to engage the aperture in said plates when the cha-irs are in nested position. f

2. A nest of chairs comprising three or more chairs shaped to lit closely together and form a nest, said nest comprisingan outer chair and inner chairs arranged to slide under the preceding,- chairs in series, the chairs in series from the outer chair having successively narrower legs and flanges whereby the legs and flanges of the outer chair conceal successively the. legs of the inner chairs when the nests are assembled, and lockingY members between adjacent chairs so arranged that the outer chair may be moved while the inner chairs are securely held to it for movement in unison, said lockingrr members comprising,r an apertured lug;

von gthe bottoms or' the backs of the chairs and bers comprisingapertured plates on the chair i backs adjacent the chair seats, and pivoted levers secured to the backs of the chairs, said levers beiney so positioned torhave a pin thereon movable intoand out ,of apertures in the plates.

in testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

`RALPH T. Truss. 

